Bah Humbug: Still No Return Date for David Letterman

I hate to be a holiday spoilsport on Christmas Eve, but the truth is out there and must be reported. David Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants failed to strike a deal with the Writers Guild of America when they met last Friday. The main purpose of the talks was to reach an agreement enabling Letterman and his fellow Worldwide Pants late-night host Craig Ferguson to return to the air soon with writers in tow creating fresh material.

Consequently, as of now, there remains no official guarantee that CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson will resume broadcasting new episodes in early January 2008 along with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

That’s not the end of the story, though. There’s some cause for optimism since both sides announced that their discussions will resume this week after Christmas. Better a late Christmas present than none at all.